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The Clinton News Record, 1932-06-30, Page 6PAGE G THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. N EtJS torr. for TimelyInformation Busy Farmer Furnished byAric It re the De artmert of g u u ) Brazil Qffers New Market - An additional market was opened to Ontario fruit growers when Bra; ail authorities ,decided that Canadian fresh fruit may enter that country' 'free of duty. Cwt Attractive Pacic Sells Goods Growers are reminded tha6 in• times of glutted, or over -supplied markets,•: buyers become more dis- criminating, ;and purchase only the most attractive products. In other words, "it is the eye that sells the goods." Choose a suitable package for presentation , to• the consumer, pack carefully, and in an. attractive manner. C�G�a Market for Ontario Berries ' Indicated at Montreal • Late reports to the Ontario Mar- keting Board would tndocato a pos- sible sible market in Montreal for On- tario strawberries, In sections ad- jacent to Montreal, the crop has suf- fered considerable damage from win- ter killing.. The report from further east states that, whilethe plants have wintered weIi, besides being dam- aged front am-aged"front recentunfavorable weath- er, this crop will be late in appearing on the market. Roosts for Young Birds 'Teaching chicks to roost at an early age tends to promote feather growth and helps materially in car- rying the chicks over the critical per- iod when they are most likely to crowd and smother. It is desirable to get the chicks to roost ,just as soon as they no longer need heat to keep then comfortable. One of the best ways of getting chicks to roost is to build a. sloping roost to the rear of the brooder house or to one side of the house and enclose the un- derneath side of the roost with a fine mesh wire so that the chicks cannot get at the droppings. They will take to these temporary roosts -in no time, ee=lb Use of Higher Oracle Seed Mere General This Year Agricultural representatives re- port, from many counties in Ontario, that there has been an excellent de- mand for the higher grades of seed grain, and grass seeds. The number of inquiries, regarding treatment of grain for smut, has shown a great increase over prevous years. Fan- ning mill screen depots have report- ed an increased demand for screens. Seed cleaning plants, all over. the Province, have had more business. Several operators report that their business has been three times as large as they had anticipated. These facts would indicate that farmers, generally, are putting forth every effort this year, to secure the highest possible yield per acre. In this way, they plan to reduce produc- tion costs and; therefore, be in a bet- ter position, to cope with the present low prices of all grain crops, Farm and Horne Week Lew prices for farm produce had little effect on the attendance at Farm and home Week at 0. A. C. last week. The change from regional gatherings in previous years worked out will and the short courses in ani- mal and field husbandry, home econ- omics, and horticulture, were emin- ently successful and ably carried out. As a result many farmers and their wives secured essential information about various phases of " farm life and work which they could have' de- rived in no dther manner. Outlet for Alfalfa Meal Possible In Great Eritain George R. Patterson, Ontario Mar- keting Board, states that thele is an outlet for alfalfa meal in the Uri= ted ICingdonr, ' Ontario producers, at present, have to coinpete chiefly with South Africa. The meal exported by our: sister Dominion i5 noted for its uniformly deep shade of green, and its relatively low fibre content. 0i - tario shippers, who would seek an outlet in the Old Land, will be well advisee; to adhere rigidly.o'samples on which sales are based, and use on- ly uniformly weighted containers 'of attractive appearances Ontario Strawberries, for Winnipeg The first shipment' of Ontario "mut. strawberries to the West. for a Mem- ber of years Was, made by the Vine- land Growers' Co-i0p'erative Ltd. last week. The shipment consisted, of five hundred crates of .carefully sel- ected and packed berries,, pre -cooled at Grimsby, and shipped via Can'adian National Express . refrigerator oar. Mr. Jack' R,eakes, manager of the Co -Operative; states this was a trial shipment and preparations were un- der way to forward several more cars" during the present season. These berries will be handled through H, E. Toms, Winnipeg, representa- tive of the Ontario Growers' Markets Coungil. A careful check-up of the firstshipmentswill be made to in- sure against discrepancies in pack or package of the cars to follow. • .1Cy Potato Market Demands Quality The merchandising of potatoes; as in the case of most other commodit, ies, ' is in a 'state, of change and growers who propose to keep abreast of the times must of necessity re- cognize that fact. This, is the opin- ion of J. T. Cassin, Central Ontario Potato Growers' Association. One evidence of this change is that many consumers in cities and towns are becoming interested in the manner in which potatoes are grown. They are beginning to ask if the potatoes have been grown from certified seed, if they have been sprayed to prevent blight, and many other questions per- taining to production. And even greater numbers are asking for a distinct variety of potato. Growers who select their seed carefully, and who follow the best cultural practices will, in general, produce a higher yield of potatoes of a quality which meets the exacting demands of today's consumer. Weekly Crop Report From Peel County comes the re. pert that fruit growers along Lake Ontario have severe infestation of apple scab on foliage in spite of reg- ular spraying. Orchards sprayed with lime sulphur are freer from scab than those sprayed with 'Bor- deaux. Hay, especially red clover and grass hay, will be a short crop in meet districts because of dry wea- ther during the early part of June. The strawberry crop, due to drought in many districts, is smaller than anticipated, but nevertheless prices are the lowest in years, v In Wellington County, sheep dip- ping day was June 27th, when 11,000 sheep were carefully dipped in 53 community tanks and 12,000 treated for internal parasites et the same time. It has been amply demonstrat- ed that the small margin of profit lies in scientific care. A total of 8,000 acres of Rutabagas were sown in Wellington in two weeks. In places whet;e the soil is too dry, the land roller is used extensively to com- pact soil and bring up moisture to seed. Fall wheat promises to be an excellent crop in nearly every county. A meeting to deal with parasites of farm animals brought. out 225 farm- ers in Durham County. It was the unanimous decision that steps be taken to control and eradicate, if possible, the warble fly pest. The alfalfa crop in Carleton County pro- mises to give the best yield of hay this year, due to the continued dry weather. Lack of rain in ,Tune was noted throughout the province and has un- doubtedly depleted the size of most crops. Yeasts and Honey Spoilage (Experimental Farms Note.) Most of our foodstuffs which ars so valuable for human nutrition pos. Bess the disadvantage of being suited tit the growth of other living things beside ourselves. The qualities which make them so nutritious to us render then equally so to microscopic forams of life, and honey is no exception to, the rule. With suitable conditions germ life may find opportunity for growth in honey to such an extent that it may be rendered unfit for sale. Compared with milk, ;however, Which is the food most susceptible to germ action, honey is relatively resis- tant .by esistant,by reason Of its high sugar con- tent and its acid reaction. These 'dualities , malso it an unfavourable' place for bacteria and most 'Ohm: forms of germ life. Yeasts, however, thrive in solutions whichare slightly acid, and through the high sugar- content of honey makes it unsuitable; for most types, yet nature has ev, ohved a race of sugar -tolerant yeasts which are, as far as we know, 'the e life which of only forms of •m g t e w h sp ] honey. This they do through fer- metation, producing Lhe cltaracteris, tic off -flavour and appearance o£ to'rmen ednoneyand .causing theneb y serious loss to the beekeeping in- dustry. For several , years the Division of Baetedblogy, Dominion Experimental Farms, has been studying the occur- rence,. 'sources, and action of these honey 'fermenting yeasts in 'projects assisted by the Bee .Division, the Di- vision, of. Chemistry and the Na- tional Research Council. After the: types responsible for spoiling honey were determined, an investigation of their source showed that many kinds may occur in .the nectar of diffeeent :flowers visited by bees; and by which they may 'be bebught to infect' the hive nectar. A. study - of different soils also disclosed the fact that while ordinary field soil is free of these yeasts, apiary soil may b'eeome heav- ily infected to serve as a source of contamination. 'It appears, moreover, from a study of freshly extracted honey from all parts of Canada that all samples of ;honey contains these yeasts, though in widely varying a- mounts. ' Under suitable conditions they may multiply and start fermen- tation, and whether a honey will fer- ment will depend' upon the amount of moisture, the temperature of storage and the amount of the original yeast infection. Prevention of spoilage will therefore consist in removing or killing the yeasts or in storing honey under conditions which prevent their growth. Preventive measures there- fore depend either upon heating to. 145 degrees F. or higher, the addi- tion of harmless preservatives, or by storage below 50 degreesF. While part cf the original yeast infection is apparently unavoilable, investiga- tions' showed that considerable con, tamination may result from the use of improperly washed or sterilized utensils at the time cf extraction. As much of the yeast contamination is therefore possible to 'control. it is possible for the beekeeper to mini- mize losses by fermentation by ex- ercising strict cleanliness at the time cf extraction, and by insuring that his containers, tanks and utensils are as nearly sterile as possible, SAWDUST AND ARSENATE MENU FOR GRASSHOPPERS Winnipeg, Man•, June 28th—Close co-operation is being effected between the Canadian National Railways and the Provincial Department of Agri- culture in waging a concerted fight for the control and eradication of grasshoppers. Along the Carman sub -division the railway right-of-way has already received one application of poison bait and between Elie and Portage La Prairie, Winnipeg and Dugald, East Selkirk and Libau, railway men are busy seatteritng the bait. Sod such as is found along railway right-of-ways is especially liked by grasshoppers when deposit, ing eggs. As fifty per cent of poison bait is filler and as sawdust makes an ex- cellent filler and holder for the arsen le solution, the Canadian National has given special service on the movement of car loads of sawdust from points at which saw mills are located to districts wthei•e mixing sta- tions for poison bait also located. Farmers and Fair Prices (Hanle in St. Thomas Times-Journel) It is quite generally admitted that the farmer isn't getting what he is' entitled to for his produce; but how many persons are endeavouring to improve conditions on the farm. Hew ninny St. Thomas people, with steady and substantial incomes, are paying the farmers a little more than current Pekes for quality produce? We know one St. Thomas man who is. A farmer delivered two bags of po- tatoes to this man's residence about a week ago. Ile asked 50 cents a bag for thesis. "Why, you can't sell potatoes at that price and clear your costs," said the St. Thomas man. "I know I can't," answered the farmer, "but fifty cents a bag is all potatoes are bringing." "Well, I'm going to pay you seven- ty-five cents a -bag; and I don't mind saying that those potatoes aro too cheap at that price," declared the St. Thomas man, "Tlhey're the best po- tatoes we have had at our house in three years." When we heard about this incident we sought but and asked the St. Thomas man why he paid the farmer 25 cents a, bag more than he demand- ed for his potatoes. "Why did I do that?" said the St. Thoreas man. "I diel it because I was ashamed to pay, that 'farmer less than seventy-five cents a bag." Unfortunately, one 'doesn't en- counter many persons with such a mental attitude tlteso days. People who are prepared to pay premiums for farm produce .that is above the average ate few and far between, Instead customers continue shopping for low prices. If eggs were quoted at five cents, a dozen, there would The still be people (of affluence) trying toa U y them n at two .,or three cents. a dozen less. And if, they can buy thein at lower prices, they are elated. They bast about it. They think they have done 'something clever. Well, if its cleverness 'to buy eggs and other farm produce at give-away. prices' we don't waist to be clever. It's to close to robbery to snit' us. The oconomie situation• isn't going to improve very much' so long as the farmer, is forced to sell his produce at less than it cost him to produce Crop Report 'Below will be found a brief synop- sis ;of telegraphic reports received at the Head Office of the Bank'of Mon- treal from its Branches. / . General• In practically every inporeant age ricultural region in the Dominion the crops have been making excellent growth, although East of the Great Lakes rain will be needed in the near futitre if favourable prospects are to continue. Ideal weather throughout the Prairie Provinces has brought the grain along rapidly and wheat is now advancing into the shot blade stage in healthy condition. Moisture con- ditions generallyare satisfactory at present. In Quebec crops are stead- ily progressing, though a general rain would be. beneficial. In Ontario prospects for better than average crops have received a setback from two weeks of dry weather, though conditions are still reasonably satis- factory. In the Maritime Provinces growth has been somewhat slow, warmer weather being needed, In British Columbia growing conditions have been excellent and prospects are good. Details follow. Prairie Provinces Alberta Northeastern Area—Recent higher temperatures have promoted growth of all crops. Wtheat is 10 tc 12 inches high with a heavy stand and is about 15 per cent in shot blade.. Alberta Southeastern Area— Warm weather with intermittent rains is producing rapid growth of all crops. Soave damage from cut- worms is reported. Pasture is plen- tiful. Alberta, Western Area—Early sown wheat averages 0 to 10 itches, with about 10 per cent in shot blade. Moisture is sufficient. The average height is 10 inches. Coarse grains are somewhat patchy. There is suf- ficient, moisture for the present. Saskatchewan, Southern Area: Wheat Ls coming into shot blade at an aver age height of 12 inches. Blown fields have made fair recovery although the crop is patchy in some districts, Coarse grains are making fair but uneven progress due to lack of moss. tore at seeding time. In the South- eastern area grasshoppers are becom• ing troublesome. Rain is needed in some districts. Mlaniteba—Wheat is graving under favourable conditions and is largely in shot blade. Moisture is satisfactory and prospeets much better than for the past two years. Cutworms and • grasshoppers have! caused some damage but good rains and preventive measures are helping to control the threat. Coarse grains are backward in some districts. Province of Quebec Spring rains are making satisfac- tory progress, Ilay promises an av- erage crop. Root crepe are in good condition. Apple orchards showed a heavy blossom and small fruits are progressing well: Pastures are still ample. Province of Ontario Fall wheat is in head and is ex- ceptionally promising but some smut is showing up. Clovers ere heavy-- timothy eavytimothy is fair, pastures are 111 fair -condition. Slating grains, peas, beans, corn, roots and . small fruits have suffered from draught and yields Evill be seriously reduced un- less good general rains occur within a few days. Grapes are promising. Tobacco planting has been completed and the stand is good with little da- mage from cutworm. Maritime Provinces , 'Growth of spring grains has been slow owing to cold weather. Hey is shovin g goad growth and pastures are reported in good condition._ Ap- ples are setting well and small fruits give, good promise. Root crops after a slow start are now making more satisfactory progress. • Province of British Columbia • Grain is showing satisfactory growth and a 100 per tett hay crop is now being harvested. Heavy crops of roots and vegetables are indicated. The strawberry crop is about "80 per cent of average. Early varieties of cherries will lie moving in a fav days', a 95 per cent crop is estimated. In- dications continue excellent'for an a- hove normal apple crop. Fears, plums and peaches are. expected to yield 95 per- cent of average, Tomatoes. are growing rapidly ancl an 80 per cent. clop is in sight. 'The potato yield is expected to -be over 100 per cent. THURS., JUNE 30, 1932 Si;l awl �le'Yr THE REAL REASON " ' 3' 'Situation, :THE F. W. Andrews A few weeks ago strawberry•grow.- ets Were looking forward, to a bunt - pee crop of strawberries this season. Thoer plants b nywintered well, and tools an a splendid growth ` in the spiting and this resulted in a very heavy bloom. t Y There are now two i'actorc Which will probably Cause a lot of .disap- pointnxenit among the growers who anticipated a large: ctop and. also a- mong consumers who were looking forward to cheap berries this season,' Fiist, "there comes in reports from growers all over the country that their berry patches are' severely af- feeted with e serious' leaf 'blight which is practically ruining their- prospects fol a crop. Some will only have half a crop and others less than that. This disease is known as leaf spot and is 'recognized by small red= clisit or purplish spots which increase in size and merges into the green of the healthy leaf. When the spots become numerous they destroy the whole leaf and sometimes the whole plant.. This disease can be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture in early spring after growth is well started, and repeat the spraying op- eration two or three tines later in the season. After berries are har- vested, growers with affected planta- tions are advised to mow off all the foliage rake u p and burn,then plough down the patch and do not plant on the same ground for several years. The second item which seriously affected the yield of berries this sea- son was the failure of over half the blossoms to set fruit. The reason for this was that the plants were in full bloom when the heavy rains came on, this probably washed off the pollen from the blossoms, preventing them from becoming fertilized. THE STORY OP A HAT A prominent business man who does not sell hats wanted a new hat. Logically, the place to get the latest style at the lowest price is Toronto. There had been hat sales in Brace - bridge the previous year; closing out sales where hats, shoes and all moo's wear could be purchased at bargain prices. One of the good sales was the estate of the late Mr. W. C. Fry- er, Hats were reduced to half pricy and again to half that. Stili the hats didn't all sell. The sale was a good chance for locals to buy good hats cheap. As the estate had to be Closed out, the unsold balanee was sold to a Toronto dealer. This Tor- onto dealer just got what Bracebridge risen wouldn't buy at any price at the Fryer sale. illy! how I have wander- ed. I really started out to tell of a prominent Bracebridge businessman buying a hat in Toronto. Well, when he got home, he showed his new hat to a friend and enlarged on iiow rea- sonable the price, censiclering style and quality. The friend, however, looked closer and to his surprise saw the label, 'W. 0. pryer, Bracebridge.' The hat was one stocked by Mr. Fry- er hi Bracebridge, one that heel gone through "marked down" sales, "half price'' sales, "last chence" sales, and had ultimately gone for a fav cents to a man in Toronto, to come hack to Bracebridge proudly crowning one of our prominent businessmen. We near- ly all do it. That's why business has gone to well, we'll say Toronto. —Bracebridge Gazette. COUNTY NEWS I SEAFORTf: Mr. and Mfrs. Tho- mas Balser esteemed residents cf the town will celebrate the goklen anni- versary of their wedding quietly at their lionie on July 1. They were married fifty years ago in Mitchell by the late Rev. W. II. Pascoe about forty years of their married life hav- ing been spent in Seaforth. MIr. and Mrs. Baker are enjoying good health and their friends hope that they may be spared to celebrate their diamond wedding. They have three of a family Mrs. R. Crowell and Albert Baker, Seaforth, and Mrs. J. Allison of Goderich. ,SEAFOR.TH: Rev. Dr. Marsh, F. R.A.S., of international astronomical fame, gave an interesting talk on "A Night; in the Skies with the Great Telescopes of the Word," on Friday in First Presbyterian church, The talk was profusely illustrated by direct photographs of the heavenly bodies. Dr. Marsh is a man of much exper- ience in observation as be has a well equipped astronomical observa- tory of his own which he uses when opportunity permits. He has been chosen '.on four occasions as a. mein bor of eclipse committee. To. the Canadian Governuent eclipse' expedi- tion to Ungava in 1905; to the north of Norway in 1914; he was chief of the Bermuda Government eclipse par- ty in 1925 - which Iodated on Ya1e University campus in Now Haven, Conn., and: he is now invited by the Hamilton Centre of the Rioyal As- trononrieel Society of, ''Canada to head their eclipse •party of August, 81. which Will likely locate in 'Acton -i villa,• Que. •A You'd like to know the reason wh.y "Unemployment is sa high, Wjhy there is a wave of crime, Whyyou cannot keep a dine Y p Why divorce is now so rife, Why you bieker with your wife, Why you get, appendicitis, Why your ki ds get tonsil]tis; Why outgo wages, income wanes, Why on holidays, et rains; Why they. raise the taxes 'so , While your wages sink so low; Why the speckled trout won't bite, Why your garden gets the blight: Why misquitoes are a pest,. Why your golf has lost it's zest; , , Why the war, clouds hover near, Why the world is out of gear. Don't !blame" the poor old govern- ment For all this woe and discontent; But blame the pair of scientists drat ,'etre-- Who went and split the blinking atom! -.P.M., Rocky Mountain House, TITLED VIRTUOSOS TO GREET SOUTHLAND DAWN To greet the dawn operatically and with better quality, 96 pedigreed roosters and pullets bred in Nova Scotia left Halifax recently by Cana- dian National Steamships for . Triol, dad, reputed Land of Robinson Crus- ce. Since all things Nova Scotian aro "Bluenose", the poultry is "Bluenose" AIso travelling southward recently were a score of thoroughbred Cana- dian pigs, to supply bass and alto in the new barnyard opera. Local Trin- idad talent, in the f1orm of macaws and other native birds, will be great. ly enriched by the sturdy voices from Canada and the tropical climate is expected to mellow the tones of these new arrivals. RECEIVES $040 YEARLY MOTOR - DIG HIS OWN CHILDREN TO SCHOOL Ratepayers of School, Section No. 3, Carling Township, are paying some $040 annually to Nobel Don- mout to motor his own children to and front school every day. It all carte out in a county court case the other clay. Ilere's how, Since there is no school in the section in question the rate, payers have been sending children tc another school on the Shawanega In- dian reserve. They passed a by-law binding themselves to pay at the rata of 27 mills a year tot bear expense of transportation of the children by bus to this school. Of the 10 families in the section, however, only the children of Dou- tnont, whom the ratepayers hired to drive the bus, have been attending school. ONE. HALF MILLION VISITORS TO CANADIAN NATIONAL "PARKS;'• Visitors to Canadian National Parks during the last year number- ed more than 540,000. The parks, 18 in nt ni er total' number, , hav e a tai axes, of 12,059 square miles, the large-st'being Jasner National Park on the east" slope of the Rockies, covering an ar- eae. ;of 4,200 'square miles. . During the .past year there were 449 miles of motor highways, 2,492 miles of trails and 1.039 miles of telephone lines un der maintenance in the parks. As a 'means of helping the unem ployed considerable work has been, given to them in the variious parks consisting of gradingand gavelling streets and roads about, the town - sites, underbrushing and clearing; constructing new roads and building and maintaining bridges, wharves, trails and cabins.- As an attraction for tourist's, the National Parks of 0 anada are rapid- ly coining to the fore and the easy' accessibility to them by rail has • ma- terially assisted in bringing them'tq, the attention of travellers both in Canada and the United States. THE ORDER OF GOOD CHEER Nova Scotia lays claim ' to being the home of the first Social Order in Canada. During the winter of 1601 Champlain,: at Port Royal, instituted ' his famous "Order oi;•the Good Time,'° ' the members of which were the fit. teen leading men of Port Royal. They met in Poutrincourt's great hall where log fires roared merrily and for a single day one of the members wore round his neck a splendid collar of . office, and was saluted as the Grand ' Master. What a picture these gath- erings must have made had we been permitted to gaze unseen through some chink or cranny in the wall. At the right of the Grand Master sits the guest of honour, a wrinkled sage -- more, the aged Indian chief Mem- bertou, his eyes gleaming with a- musement as toast, song and tale follow fish, game and wine around the table. On the floor squat other interested Indians invited to the gay revels, uetntuttnrt, RBII- OLL, ROOFING Colored or plain. For houses, barns, sheds, garages. "Council Standard" or "Acorn" quality. Easy and quick to lay, permanent, proof against fire. Tree estimates gladly sent. Send measurements. Makers of Preston Steel Truss Barna, Gal- uaniecdanha Barn Door Hardwore, Preston Led-Ifed Nails Double -Mesh Metal Lath ventilators. Roll-NFold Garage Doors. All kinds Skeet Metal Building Material, E+ Steed t• Guelph St., Preston, Ont. Factories at Montreal anti Toronto tentittttetnnntt""nn,teten"tn mutant,, MAIM va*panarevaucomunceseaaltum ',acct.. 9,241 Auto Accidents in Ontario G. in 1931 571 iIid €x,494 0 ure th.r.ugh Careless;..k ess! Safety demands eternal 'vigilance on art of eve mai. or woman. � p y � who drives a motor vehicle. A moment of forgetfulness may bring . a lifetime of regret. b RIVE SAFELY—ALWAYS! MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS" Leopold Macaulay , �rr 72-2A MINISTER'